StanMac wrote:
Those of us raised in the south were fortunate enough to become familiar with other meat-based delicacies like head cheese or souse, as it was called around here. Souse, like Spam, was composed of the parts of the hog that that most folks would have discarded as unuseable. Souse, or head cheese, was made of the hog’s head - snouts, ears, etc., spiced up, cooked and compressed into a mold. The gelatinous mess was stored as an aspic. Nothing went to waste when it came to slaughtering the hogs in those days.
Stan
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Since I moved from TX to NC a couple years ago, I've had a slice of souse almost every morning for breakfast. Even before moving, I would visit my daughter in NC and load up my cooler with souse to bring back to TX.